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Ukraine authorities say:
Posted on 10/16/2025 7:47:17 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had carried out a massive overnight strike on Ukrainian gas infrastructure which supports Kyiv's military in retaliation for what it said were Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had launched a barrage of more than 300 drones and 37 missiles to target infrastructure across Ukraine in the overnight attacks.
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Ukraine authorities say:
Ukraine’s ability to shoot down drones is mostly gone. Some of that is due to less of defensive hardware, but most of the problem is improved drones built by Russia. They used to have to set strike coordinates before takeoff, now they can change targets while in flight. During a recent attack, Ukraine was only able to shoot down 6% of drones sent.
Russia learns, adjusts and adapts their war fighting. Is that a surprise or are they not supposed to update tactics and armaments? People should accept the fact that when Russia decides to fight it will never be on the enemies terms. Duh.
“Is that a surprise or are they not supposed to update tactics and armaments?”
It’s a development that affects the situation, which makes it news.
We are in the Find Out phase.
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